The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-01-03
RAILWAY MATTERS.

PORTLAND AND THE CANADIAN PACIFIC.
President Hayford, Of the Bangor and
Piscataquis road, told Bangor Commercial
reporter, Saturday, In reply to what he
thought Of the plan Of building connecting
line to Castine with view to terminal faeil-
tiles for the Canadian Pacific. 'In my mind,
Portland would be the only shipping point
that the Canadian Pacific Railway COMPANY
would use in the State Of Maine. The Do
minion government, as well as the mana
gers Of that road. will insist on receiving
the benefit of the large expenditures of
money by having their principal terminus or
shipping point in the Provinces, either at
st. Andrews, St. John or Halifax, and per-
haps all Of those places win get more or less
OF their business. To carry out any Of the
schemes for connecting lines, for the pur-
pose Of securing terminal facilities for the
Canadian Pacific Railway In the State Of
Maine, either at Castine, Belfast, Wiseas-
set, or any other place outside Of Portland,
would cost so much as TO make its success
very doubtful. The building Of wharves and
storehouses, together with other necessary
0utnt Tor doing the business, would cost q
large amount OF money. And even II these
were already built, they would not get the
business Of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
The Bangor and Piscataquis will be BEN
emitted by the connection with the Canadian
Pacific at Moosehead Lake Jas we shall get
a large amount Of freight TO and from the
lwess, as well as many passengers. There
IS nothing to prevent Bangor being made
billing point, Tor we shall be as near 10 Min
neapolis as Is Portland, and more than one
hundred miles nearer than Boston TO this
great flour market Of the West
BANGOR AND PIscArAoUIs..
The Bangor and Piscataquis road has PAD
for the year 1886. as interest on the city loan
the sum Of S53,OOo, as against $4,000 for
the preceding year; and in addition to this.
$4,000, the interest on the preferred bonds,
which were issued for building the extern
sion from Blanchard to Greenville, has been
paid. More than tho usual amount Of per-
manent improvements have been made dur
ing the year, including three and one-half
miles Of steel rails which have been laid. In
the Judgment Of President HayfOrd the
earnings OF the road In the year to come will
Keep up the repairs, and pay the entire in
terest on its bonded indebtedness.
REPoRrER's CHAT WITH PRESIDENT
sEwALL.
Lewiston Journal reporter asked Mr..
Arthur Sewall what he thought would come
OF the Wiseasset and Kennebec Railroad
scheme"
Nothing" said he. Something more than
sentiment is required to induce men to put
money into railroads. OF what use would be
line from Augusta down here, parallel
with the Maine Central? Wiscasset has
bankrupted herself by building one rail-
road Wiscasset has fine harbor, but fine
harbors are plenty"
In reply to aquestion as to the route which
the Canadian Pacific Railroad probably win
take to reach winter port, Mr.. Sewall said
In my opinion, the Canadian Pacific will
strike the Maine Central at Mattawamkeag
and will also come into Portland by way OF
the Portland and Ogdensburg line. The lat
ter would not be very direct route, but
they have built as far as Newport, VT, now
and only 80 miles Of road would have TO be
built to hit the p. and o. at Fabyan's.
"Our people" continued Mr.. Sewall, do
not realize what an immense scheme the
Canadian Pacific is. 1t Is going to revolution
ize the transeontinental railroad traffic In
this country. Being a heavily subsidized
line, 1t win be damaging competitor with
our trunk lines from the Mississippi east
especially II the Interstate commerce bill.
with its long and short haul clause, Is passed.
Being foreign corporation on a foreign ter
ritory, 1t will be exempt from the ruinous
provisions OF this clause; while It's subsidy
gives it another advantage over our rail-
roads. 1t looks to me as II the Canadians,
with their subsidized railroads. are going TO
peat us on the land, In the same way the
English have beaten us on the ocean.-with
their subsidized steamships"
what do you think Of the prospects of
Belfast for becoming winter terminus Of
the Canadian Paciic?"
II do not see any"
:, "po you look for good future for the
Hartland road?"
That will go, all right. It win be built
through 10 connect with the Canadian Pa
course"
DO you look fayOrably on the ArOOstook
railroad schemesY
There Is only one trouble Already there
ls one road In that county. IL has a good
business, but divide II by two and II would
not be big enough. have no doubt, though,
that In time they will have short cut out.
Hoult0n Is becoming a rich town, and /
should think the HoultOn folks would build
line from their town TO our line at Ban
croft The distance Is only about 25 miles,
l believe"
''ls there any likelihood Of the Maine Gen.
trails acquiring the Knox and Lincoln or any
other rOadY"
None of our getting the Knox and Lin
coin; The cities and towns seem to prefer to
run independently, The only road we are
after Is the Portland and Ogdensburg"
speaking OF prospective heated contest
IN the Legislature over the request Of the
Canadian Pacific for certain privileges, Mr..
Sewall said: That road will bring an i'm
mense amount Of winter business TO Maine
and anything that IL asks, which will not
conflict with the real interests Of the State,
should be granted"
NOTES.
A st. Croix firm having represented 10
Manager Tucker Of the Maine Central that
section men and sparks from a locomotive
had caused fires on land between VancebOro
and Bangor, Mr.. Tucker, instead Of subject
Ing the claimants and the railroad company
to the annoyances Of law suit, promptly
sent check for the full amount OF the ex-
pense incurred In suppressing the fire.
A dispatch from Concord. n. H., says: 1t
is rum0red here that the Boston and Lowell
Railroad has substantially completed nego-
tiatiOns for leasing the Passumpsic Railroad.
10 Is stated that the former made a PROPOSE
tion for leasing the Passumpsic a short time
since, and that the terms then submitted
have been practically accepted.
The traffic arrangement between the Bos-
ton and Lowell and the Canadian Pacific has
not yet been eonsummated as was hoped, by
the new year, owing to delay In completing
small section of Canadian Pacific track
About seven miles Of track still remain 10 be
laid before the ears OF the Canadian Pacific
can be seen In Boston. 1t Is not improbable
that the mattar NAV ha dalavad until ha